01-23-2017, 09:11 PM
(01-23-2017, 07:14 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(01-23-2017, 06:42 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(01-23-2017, 06:30 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(01-23-2017, 05:03 PM)flbones too Wrote: Don't Hero genertions take over during the 1T? And the Idealists in the 2T? Might be wrong.
Kennedy was the first GI President, and ushered in the Consciousness Revolution. There was little overlap with the postwar High.
The President is not everything. Look at the GIs across all of politics, and for that matter, across private life. Come on, the GIs were well entrenched during the 1950s! It's not like they had to wait until the mid 1960s to have power.
Denial is more than just a river in Africa.
The average age of the Senate was in the high 50s during the 1950s, so again, the GIs didn't take over until the end of the 1950s. And that's ignoring the fact that the senior legislative positions are the more powerful ones.
And even if we set aside, you know, facts, there is a generation between Idealist and Civic that gets a say in the matter. Remember, the theory states that in 4Ts, Prophets lead, Nomads manage, and Heroes follow orders, while Artists stay at home and STFU. In the 1T, political change slows down as Reactives lead, Civics manage, and Adaptives do what they're told as the new order takes hold. The era of Civic leadership of ever-bolder projects and Idealist rebellion against the same is, wait for it, the 2T!
It doesn't necessarily follow that exact model all the time at the Presidential level, since the Silents got squeezed out of the White House in the 3T and cusper Obama is followed by early wave Boomer DJT, but at the societal level it's pretty sound. Millies are going to be gaining in power and prominence for the next few decades, but by the time we finish clearing out all of the cautious Xers the new Idealists will come along to throw a wrench into all of our big plans.
It's the cycle of life, man.
